Chapter Summaries

Lu Changsheng traded for Xia Ningxue’s Nameless Swordsmanship and received the Saint-tier Taiqing Heavenly Scripture, but lacked time to master it before facing Sun Jian. With seven days remaining before the sixth round, his Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation Art returned a Cultivation Space that gave him seven hundred years to cultivate.

• Lu Changsheng exchanged four Upper-Grade Immortal Stage swordsmanship manuals and four Middle-Grade Immortal Swords with Xia Ningxue for instruction in her Nameless Swordsmanship.
• After the seven-day break, Lu Changsheng, Xia Ningxue, and Divine Monk Wule advanced through the Central Continent Conference rounds and entered the top thirty-two.
• Sun Jian grew hostile toward Lu Changsheng and planned to cripple him when they met in the next round.
• Situ Kong and Li Changye urged Lu Changsheng to withdraw before facing Sun Jian, but Lu Changsheng chose to fight.
• Lin Qingzhi broke through to the Great Completion of the Void Refinement Realm, and Lu Changsheng received the Saint-tier Taiqing Heavenly Scripture after teaching him.
• With seven days before the sixth round, Lu Changsheng received a Cultivation Space offering seven hundred years of cultivation time.

Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue entered the cultivation space to train for seven hundred years before his match against Sun Jian, while the Dragon-Tiger Sect’s Zhang Sheng provoked Mount Shu during Lu Changsheng’s absence. Lu Qinglian struck Zhang Sheng, and Mount Shu’s allies forced the Dragon-Tiger Sect to withdraw; Tang Ling’er then asked Chen Xiaoyao to do his best in an upcoming competition.

• Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue began cultivating in the time-accelerated space, where Lu Changsheng worked on a sword art combining wind, thunder, water, and fire while Xia Ningxue practiced the Qingxia Ancient Cave sword art.
• Zhang Sheng arrived at the Xia Province cultivators’ lodgings, mocked Lu Changsheng, and threatened Chen Xiaoyao before a planned contest for young geniuses.
• Lu Qinglian attacked Zhang Sheng with Eight Extremities Fist and sent him crashing into a hill after he insulted Lu Changsheng.
• Situ Kong and other Mount Shu leaders defended Lu Qinglian as the Dragon-Tiger Sect’s elders threatened Mount Shu, while Divine Monk Wule and the other Xia Province sects supported them.
• Tang Ling’er arrived with Stars Pavilion’s elders and rebuked the Dragon-Tiger Sect, prompting Zhang Sheng to withdraw.
• Chen Xiaoyao thanked Tang Ling’er, who asked him to do his best in the upcoming competition, leaving him confused about why she cared so much.

During the Central Continent Conference, Lu Changsheng completed a supreme sword technique after seven hundred years in the cultivation space with Xia Ningxue, then arrived just before forfeiting his match against Sun Jian. The two faced off on the fighting platform, and Xia Ningxue declared that Lu Changsheng would certainly defeat him.

• Lu Changsheng fused four sword techniques and other sword insights to create a technique that surpassed the Immortal Stage, while Xia Ningxue admired his final strike.
• As the sixth round began, Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue remained absent, and the gathered sects assumed Lu Changsheng had forfeited against Sun Jian.
• Sun Jian and the Dragon-Tiger Sect leaders scorned Mount Shu, while Mount Shu's elders and Xia Ningxue's fellow disciples worried about the pair's disappearance.
• Just as the presiding elder was about to declare Lu Changsheng's forfeit, Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue arrived, astonishing the spectators with their changed bearing.
• Lu Changsheng took the fighting platform and traded taunts with Sun Jian as their Sword Qi clashed, while Xia Ningxue confidently assured Xiao Menger that Lu Changsheng would win.

Lu Changsheng faced Sun Jian in the Central Continent Conference and revealed an Upper-Grade Immortal Sword, Taiqing True Qi, and the Saint-Rank Swordsmanship he had created himself. Their strongest sword strikes collided, leaving the outcome undecided.

• Lu Changsheng matched Sun Jian's attacks with the Yu Heng Sword and the Divine Sword Thunder-Riding True Formula, forcing Sun Jian to draw Emperor Shadow and use Ten Thousand Swords Manor's Supreme Swordsmanship, No Self, No Sword.
• Lu Changsheng drew the Demon-Suppressing Sword, swallowed an Ancestral Dragon Double-Origin Pill to raise his cultivation, and unleashed Taiqing True Qi.
• Lu Changsheng revealed that he had created the Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow Sword Art, a Saint-Rank Swordsmanship that shook the spectators and drew admiration from Wu Yue.
• Sun Jian unleashed No Self, No Sword, No Self, Wuji, while Lu Changsheng answered with a strike that combined Xuanhuang Sword Qi, Taiqing True Qi, and the Principles of wind, thunder, water, and fire.

Lu Changsheng defeated Sun Jian with his self-created Saint-Rank Swordsmanship and advanced to the top sixteen, earning widespread recognition as the world’s foremost sword cultivator. After Xia Ningxue also revealed strength enough to advance, Stars Pavilion announced a competition to choose a husband for its eldest young lady, and Lu Changsheng encouraged Chen Xiaoyao to participate.

• Lu Changsheng defeated Sun Jian in their swordsmanship contest, though he was left exhausted, and advanced to the seventh round.
• Sect masters sought Lu Changsheng’s swordsmanship guidance, while Mount Shu celebrated his victory and the other upper-half competitors, including Divine Monk Wule and Wu Yue, advanced.
• Xia Ningxue defeated a peak eighth-level Dao Integration Realm expert with the Slaying Immortal Sword and joined Lu Changsheng and Divine Monk Wule among Xia Province’s top-sixteen competitors.
• After the sixth round ended, Stars Pavilion announced a competition for eligible young talents to compete for the chance to become Eldest Young Lady Tang’s husband, with a Middle-Grade Immortal Artifact promised as compensation.
• Lu Changsheng told Chen Xiaoyao that he could enter the competition and promised to support him with Law Treasures.

Lu Changsheng equipped Chen Xiaoyao with powerful treasures, pills, and talismans before the Stars Pavilion’s martial contest for a bride. Chen Xiaoyao and Zhang Sheng advanced to the final, where Chen Xiaoyao countered Zhang Sheng’s talisman attacks and unleashed the Divine Sword Wind-Riding True Formula.

• Lu Changsheng bestowed treasures on Lin Qingzhi and Chen Xiaoyao, then gave Chen Xiaoyao pills, talismans, and a Transmission Empowerment.
• Zhang Qinlong prepared Zhang Sheng for the contest, and Zhang Sheng defeated his early opponents while Chen Xiaoyao also won his matches.
• Chen Xiaoyao and Zhang Sheng reached the final, and Zhang Sheng launched a fierce attack with the Dragon-Tiger Art and several talismans.
• Chen Xiaoyao defended himself with the Indestructible Vajra Pagoda and Mizar Sword, then countered Zhang Sheng with talismans that burned his robe.
• Chen Xiaoyao used the Carefree Roaming Cultivation Method and Divine Sword Wind-Riding True Formula to summon the nine heavens’ Gang winds and raise a pillar of pure yang Sword Qi.

Chen Xiaoyao fought Zhang Sheng to exhaustion and lost the contest, but Tang Wansan chose him to marry Tang Ling'er. Chen Xiaoyao reaffirmed his loyalty to Lu Changsheng and Mount Shu, while Zhang Qinlong resented the outcome.

• Chen Xiaoyao summoned the Eight Desolate Fire Dragon and fought Zhang Sheng's Dragon-Tiger Subduing Demons Talismans, enduring a fierce battle despite being two cultivation realms lower.
• Zhang Sheng sent out three more Talismans, and Chen Xiaoyao finally exhausted his True Qi and collapsed; the Stars Pavilion Grand Supreme Elder declared Zhang Sheng the victor.
• Tang Ling'er rushed to Chen Xiaoyao and confirmed he was alive, while Tang Wansan clarified that Zhang Sheng would receive an Immortal Artifact but would not necessarily marry her.
• Tang Wansan explained that he had chosen Chen Xiaoyao because Tang Ling'er favored him, their physiques complemented each other, and Chen Xiaoyao had astonishing aptitude and Great Fortune.
• Chen Xiaoyao woke in Tang Ling'er's lap and learned that her father had chosen him; he then promised Lu Changsheng that he would remain his disciple and a Mount Shu disciple.
• Zhang Qinlong glared at Lu Changsheng over the lost marriage alliance, while Lu Changsheng recognized that Tang Wansan might become his final opponent at the Central Continent Conference.

The eighth round of the Central Continent Conference saw Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue advance after defeating powerful opponents, while Wu Yue also won her match. Elder Xuanyin then defeated Tang Wansan and pierced his chest with the Great Xuanyin Finger, leaving Tang Ling'er fearing for her father’s life.

• Lu Changsheng defeated Pang Yuan, and Wu Yue overwhelmed Divine Monk Wule until he conceded.
• Xia Ningxue used the Slaying Immortal Sword and the Nameless Sword Art of Qingxia Ancient Cave to defeat Zhang Qinlong, while Sun Jian urged Zhang Qinlong to consider joining forces against Mount Shu and Ask Immortal Pavilion.
• Elder Xuanyin defeated Tang Wansan, leaving the Stars Pavilion Master badly injured and unable to believe that the Great Falling Desolation Art had failed.
• Elder Xuanyin struck Tang Wansan through the chest with the Great Xuanyin Finger, and Tang Ling'er feared her father would die.

Elder Xuanyin defeated Tang Wansan and injured his Dantian, but Lu Changsheng gave the Stars Pavilion a Nine-Yang Life-Restoring Pill that healed him. After the final four were set, the ninth round began with Lu Changsheng facing Wu Yue.

• Elder Xuanyin defeated Tang Wansan, and Madam Tang stopped the Stars Pavilion from attacking him while she treated Tang Wansan's injuries.
• Lu Changsheng obtained a Nine-Yang Life-Restoring Pill through the disciple-teaching system and gave it to the Stars Pavilion as Chen Xiaoyao's betrothal gift.
• Madam Tang helped Tang Wansan refine the pill, and it repaired his Dantian; Tang Wansan warned Lu Changsheng that Elder Xuanyin might try to kill him.
• Lu Changsheng left the Stars Pavilion with Chen Xiaoyao, and the ninth round began seven days later with Lu Changsheng facing Wu Yue.
• Lu Changsheng summoned the Demon-Suppressing Sword while Wu Yue unleashed her domineering True Qi of the Ninth-Five Supreme.

Lu Changsheng defeated Wu Yue and advanced to the Central Continent Conference final, while Elder Xuanyin overcame Xia Ningxue after Lu Changsheng intervened to save her. Lu Changsheng suspected that an Immortal Realm evil cultivator had taken over Elder Xuanyin’s body, and he was set to face him for first place.

• Lu Changsheng used the Heaven-Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda and his strongest sword strike to defeat Wu Yue, who accepted her loss.
• Xia Ningxue fought Elder Xuanyin with the Slaying Immortal Sword and a Spatial Talisman, but he regenerated after her attack tore through half his body.
• Elder Xuanyin unleashed Heaven and Earth Manifestation and trapped Xia Ningxue beneath a devastating palm strike.
• Lu Changsheng rushed to protect Xia Ningxue with the Heaven-Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda and Golden Bell Shield, then helped her withstand the attack.
• The Stars Pavilion Grand Supreme Elder awarded the match to Elder Xuanyin and announced that he and Lu Changsheng would meet in the final.
• Lu Changsheng suspected that an Immortal Realm evil cultivator, possibly Luo Feng, had taken over Elder Xuanyin’s body.

Lu Changsheng prepared to face Elder Xuanyin after learning that an Immortal Realm Evil Cultivator had seized the Mysterious Heaven Sect Master’s body and come to kill him. In the final match, Elder Xuanyin overwhelmed Lu Changsheng’s sword attack, but Lu Changsheng swallowed a Twelfth-Rank Immortal Pill, leaving everyone stunned by the danger.

• Lu Changsheng rejected Situ Kong’s suggestion that he forfeit and spent the seven days preparing to fight Elder Xuanyin.
• By rewarding Lin Qingzhi with Dragon Blood Returning Origin Pills, Lu Changsheng obtained a Twelfth-Rank Supreme Dragon Origin Immortal Pill.
• At the final match, Lu Changsheng revealed that Elder Xuanyin was an Immortal Realm Evil Cultivator who had seized the Mysterious Heaven Sect Master’s body, and Elder Xuanyin admitted that someone had sent him to kill Lu Changsheng.
• Elder Xuanyin used Heaven and Earth Manifestation and shattered Lu Changsheng’s sword attack with the Great Xuanyin Finger, severely damaging the Demon-Suppressing Sword.
• Lu Changsheng opened the sealed Purple-Gold Eight Trigrams Gourd and swallowed the Supreme Dragon Origin Immortal Pill whole, alarming Tang Wansan and the watching crowd.

Lu Changsheng unleashed the Twelfth-Rank Karma-Fire Red Lotus and other treasures to defeat Elder Xuanyin, winning the Central Continent Conference while learning that the Immortal Realm Evil Cultivator behind his foe remained alive. Afterward, he celebrated Mount Shu’s rise in stature, discussed the Immortal Realm with Tang Wansan, and began planning to delay his own ascension until he had prepared enough.

• Lu Changsheng used the Supreme Dragon Origin Immortal Pill to power the Twelfth-Rank Karma-Fire Red Lotus, trapping Elder Xuanyin in invisible karma fire and suppressing his Heaven and Earth Manifestation.
• Lu Changsheng sealed space with the Demon Emperor Cauldron and shattered Elder Xuanyin’s Dharma body with the Demon-Suppressing Sword, while Elder Xuanyin’s possessed body turned to ash and Luo Feng survived far away.
• The Stars Pavilion Grand Supreme Elder declared Lu Changsheng the winner of the Central Continent Conference, and the gathered sects recognized Mount Shu as a super sect.
• Lu Changsheng told Xia Ningxue that the Immortal Realm Evil Cultivator who possessed Elder Xuanyin was still alive, and he considered how to prepare for that enemy and for his own eventual ascension.
• At the Stars Pavilion, Lu Changsheng discussed the Immortal Realm’s sparse records with Tang Wansan and decided to wait until his disciples advanced and he had accumulated more Immortal Pills and supreme treasures before ascending.

Mount Shu’s Apprentice-Selection Ceremony drew hundreds of thousands of candidates after Lu Changsheng’s victory at the Central Continent Conference, and his disciples and elders recruited many new talents while he prepared to ascend. The chapter ended with Lu Changsheng telling Taiyuan True Person that he planned to trap and eliminate the Immortal Realm’s Evil Cultivators and others coveting Mount Shu’s Cultivation Methods before leaving.

• Hundreds of thousands of candidates arrived for Mount Shu’s ceremony, and Lu Changsheng appeared with his disciples, displaying the strength that had made Mount Shu famous.
• The Heart-Revealing Mirror revealed Luo Xintang’s Thousand Poison Body, but Lu Changsheng declined to take her; Ji Xuan accepted her as a disciple instead.
• On the next day, the mirror revealed Li Jianfei’s Spirit Sword Body, and Lin Qingzhi accepted him with Lu Changsheng’s approval.
• Azure Cloud Peak’s disciples recruited more geniuses, while Xiao Xiangdao resented Lin Qingzhi’s rapid advancement and his new disciple’s matching Spirit Sword Body.
• After ten days, Mount Shu accepted thirty thousand disciples, including three thousand inner disciples, while limiting recruitment because of its resources.
• Lu Changsheng told Taiyuan True Person that before ascending, he intended to set a trap to eliminate the Immortal Realm’s Evil Cultivators and anyone coveting Mount Shu’s Cultivation Methods.

Lu Changsheng prepared Mount Shu for his eventual Ascension, taught his disciples, and helped Lin Qingzhi enter the Dao Integration Realm before rewarding him with powerful Immortal Swords. The chapter ended with an injured boy stalking a vulture in the blood-rained ruins of a ruined city.

• Taiyuan True Person taught Lu Changsheng the Zhou Tian Star-Dipper Great Formation and its mnemonic so he could help defend Mount Shu.
• Lu Changsheng welcomed Azure Cloud Peak's nine second-generation disciples, gave them medicinal pills, and had Lin Qingzhi explain the peak's rules and introduce Daoist Tuquan.
• Over nearly a century of teaching, Lu Changsheng accumulated Demon Race Supreme Treasure Fragments while preparing for his Ascension and the threat of the Evil Cultivator.
• Lin Qingzhi passed the Sixfold Heavenly Tribulation with Lu Changsheng's aid, entered the Dao Integration Realm, and received the Azurewood Radiance Sword and Azure Emperor Divine Radiance Sword.
• In a remote ruined city beneath blood-colored rain, a boy lay in wait for a vulture as it fed on a dead wild dog.

After obtaining the Demon God Bell, Lu Changsheng prepared to ascend to the Immortal Realm and set a trap for the enemies he expected to target him. When Luo Feng and a force of Immortal Realm and Central Province experts attacked Mount Shu, Lu Changsheng’s allies arrived to reinforce him, and the Great Wu Empress appeared as the battle began.

• Lu Changsheng obtained the Demon God Bell and, unable to suppress his cultivation much longer, told Lin Qingzhi to spread word that he would ascend in a year to lure out his enemies.
• Luo Feng learned of the planned ascension and gathered two experts from the Immortal Realm, intending to kill Lu Changsheng before he could ascend.
• Lu Changsheng assembled Dao Integration Realm allies at Mount Shu, and seven days later Luo Feng and more than a dozen powerful cultivators attacked.
• Lu Changsheng moved Mount Shu’s elders and disciples into the Demon Emperor Cauldron, then identified Sun Jian and Zhang Qinlong among the attackers and suspected Luo Feng’s companions were from the Immortal Realm.
• Tang Wansan and Tang Ling'er arrived with Stars Pavilion reinforcements, followed by the Great Wu Empress and her imperial guards.

As three Earth Immortals threatened Mount Shu and prepared to kill Lu Changsheng, his allies took their positions, but the enemy’s overwhelming strength left them near despair. Just as Lu Changsheng weighed how to fight back, the old servant at Myriad Sword Peak recovered his cultivation, and Taiyuan True Person revealed that he was Tai Xu True Person, Mount Shu’s twenty-first Sect Master from a hundred thousand years ago.

• Wu Yue and Tang Wansan arrived to support Mount Shu, and Tang Wansan declared that Stars Pavilion would stand by Lu Changsheng despite the threat of three Earth Immortals.
• Wu Yue challenged Sun Jian, Divine Monk Wule faced Zhang Qinlong, and Tang Wansan assigned the other cultivators to fight Ten Thousand Swords Manor and the Dragon-Tiger Sect.
• Two Earth Immortals unleashed power beyond the Dao Integration Realm, summoned the Ninefold Heavenly Tribulation, and left Lu Changsheng and his allies struggling to withstand them.
• Lu Changsheng concluded that he could at best kill one Earth Immortal with Xia Ningxue’s help, while the others remained exposed to the two remaining enemies.
• The female Earth Immortal struck Tang Wansan and sent him crashing through four Mount Shu peaks.
• A brilliant sword light erupted from Myriad Sword Peak, and Taiyuan True Person revealed that the recovered old servant was Tai Xu True Person, Mount Shu’s twenty-first Sect Master who had survived through a thousand mortal lives.

Tai Xu True Person activated Mount Shu’s Zhou Tian Star-Dipper Great Formation, allowing Lu Changsheng, Xia Ningxue, and Tang Wansan to defeat three Earth Immortal Realm invaders. Lu Changsheng stopped Luo Feng from escaping and destroyed him with the Demon God Bell, leaving Mount Shu triumphant and its remaining enemies surrendering.

• Tai Xu True Person revealed himself, joined forces with Lu Changsheng, and used the Zhou Tian Star-Dipper Great Formation to trap the three Earth Immortal Realm experts.
• Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue used Holy Spirit Swordsmanship to kill one male Earth Immortal, while Tang Wansan and the formation killed the female Earth Immortal.
• Luo Feng tore open space to escape, but Lu Changsheng immobilized him with the Demon God Bell and annihilated him after he tried to self-destruct.
• Sun Jian and Zhang Qinlong admitted defeat, and Tai Xu True Person stopped the formation after Mount Shu’s enemies surrendered.
• The Demon Emperor Cauldron released the hundred thousand Mount Shu elders and disciples it had taken into its Law Treasure space.

After Mount Shu’s victory, Lu Changsheng prepared his disciples and the sect for his imminent ascension, leaving behind powerful techniques and treasures. The chapter ended by introducing a boy stalking a vulture in a blood-rained, ruined city.

• Lu Changsheng spared the Ten Thousand Swords Manor and the Dragon-Tiger Sect but ordered Sun Jian, Zhang Qinlong, and their allies to cripple their own cultivation.
• Lu Changsheng told Xia Ningxue he would ascend within a month and promised to wait for her in the Immortal Realm when she was ready.
• Lu Changsheng left Mount Shu numerous cultivation methods, including the complete Taiqing Wuji Art, and Tai Xu True Person planned to ascend later to reunite with Qingxia.
• Lu Qinglian entered the Dao Integration Realm, and Lu Changsheng rewarded her with Immortal Artifacts and taught her a method that returned the high-grade Saint Stage Three Thousand Gods and Devils Visualization Method.
• Lu Changsheng prepared Immortal Artifacts for his other disciples and Azure Cloud Peak’s second-generation disciples before his ascension.
• In a ruined city under blood rain, a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old boy waited for a vulture to bury its head in a carcass.

Lu Changsheng passed his Ninefold Heavenly Tribulation, entered the Immortal Realm, and cautiously traveled to Chongwu City to find an apprentice. The Apprentice-Teaching Simulator identified Xiao Fan as a candidate, and Lu Changsheng discovered that Xiao Fan’s slow cultivation came from his Heaven-Conquering Tyrant Body; as Lu Changsheng observed him, two unfamiliar presences arrived at the Xiao Household, one an Earth Immortal.

• Lu Changsheng named Lin Qingzhi as Mount Shu’s next Sect Master, left a sword scar on the Myriad Sword Wall, and ascended after surviving the Ninefold Heavenly Tribulation.
• Xia Ningxue vowed to reunite with Lu Changsheng in three to five hundred years, while Taiyuan True Person asked Su Qian'er to travel the path of immortality with him.
• A supreme expert tried to stop Lu Changsheng from entering the Immortal Realm, but white light carried him safely through Spatial Turbulence and into the Immortal Realm.
• Lu Changsheng concealed his Earth Immortal cultivation, entered Chongwu City, and learned about the Great Qian Dynasty and its three major households.
• The Apprentice-Teaching Simulator identified Xiao Fan as a suitable apprentice, and Lu Changsheng learned that Xiao Fan’s Heaven-Conquering Tyrant Body required more cultivation resources than the Xiao Household had provided.
• Lu Changsheng secretly observed Xiao Fan at the Xiao Household for three days, and two unfamiliar presences arrived, one with Earth Immortal cultivation.

After Murong Lan broke off her engagement to Xiao Fan, the Xiao Household lost its backing and its businesses came under attack. Lu Changsheng took Xiao Fan as his seventh disciple, diagnosed his stalled cultivation, and began training him, leaving Xiao Fan newly advanced and devoted to his master.

• Murong Lan arrived with an Earth Immortal guard, dissolved her engagement to Xiao Fan, and gave the Xiao Household a Middle-Grade Immortal Sword to repay its old debt.
• Xiao Fan accepted the breakup, but the Chen and Zhao Households soon joined forces to seize some of the Xiao Household's businesses.
• While Xiao Fan cultivated alone and despaired over his stalled progress, Lu Changsheng appeared, revealed his Earth Immortal cultivation, and took him as a disciple.
• Lu Changsheng gave Xiao Fan Body-Tempering Potion and the Nine Turns Gods and Devils Body-Refining Method, helping his Heaven-Conquering Tyrant Body advance and his cultivation break through to the Fourth Layer of the Dao Palace Realm.
• Lu Changsheng performed a Transmission Empowerment for Xiao Fan and received a ten-thousandfold cultivation reward; Xiao Fan pledged loyalty and was given Low-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures.